Child&#39;s carriage.



- G. E. OHEARN.

CHILD'S CARRIAGE.

APPLICATION FILED IEB. 7, 1911.

1,100,251, Patented June 16,1914.

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PORATION' OF NEW JERSEY.

0F GARDNER, MASSACHUSETTS, A COR- CHILD S CARRIAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 16, 1914.

Application filed February 7, 1911. Serial No. 607,183.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE E. OHEARN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gardner, in the county of 'Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Childrens Carriages, of which the following is a specification, accompanied by drawings forming a part of the same.

The objects of my present invention are to provide means for varying the height of the the carriage in order to render it more compact and capable of being wheeled beneath a bed or table, or more readily lifted and carried by hand, to permit the raising and lowering of the body by a single movement on the part of the attendant, and I accomplish these objects among others by the construction and arrangement of parts as hereinafter described and set forth in the annexed claims. 7

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a childs carriage embodying my present invention, showing the body in its raised or highest position. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same showing the body in its lowest or depressed position. Fig. 3 is a top view of the carriage with the several parts occupying the position shown in side view in Fig. 2. Fig. 41 is a view of the front pivotal connection between the body-frame and the wheel-frame. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the carriage with the sides of the body and the supporting wheels removed. Fig. 6 shows a modified construction.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts in the different figures.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1, 1, and 2. 2, show the sides and ends of a rectangular frame upon which the sides 3, 3, dashboard 4c and hinged back 5 are mounted. Supported within the rectangular frame, comprising the sides 1, l, and ends 2, 2, is a flexible or yielding support for the occupant of the carriage, consisting of a series of short wire links 6, having eyes at their ends which engage holes in the circular plates 7, forming a flexible fabric which is united to the side pieces 1 by the helical springs 8, and to the end pieces 2 by the helical springs 9. The rectangular frame consisting of the sides 1, 1, and ends 2, 2 is preferably mounted upon springs 10 which are supported upon the longitudinal bars 11, 11, united at their rear ends by a cross bar 12. The springs 10, 10, may be omitted and the sides 1, 1, of the rectangular frame be mounted directly upon the longitudinal bar 11, 11.

The supporting wheels 13, are mounted upon spindles 1 1, Fig. 5, held in longitudinal bars 15, and in order to strengthen the connections between the spindles 14L and the bars 15 I inclose the inner ends of the spin dles by braces 16 attached to the bars 15. Pivoted upon the spindles 14 are the ends 17 of the bent connecting rods 18, having a straight central section 19 provided with the journals 20, 20, which are inclosed by bearings 21 on the longitudinal bars 11, said bearings being included between shoulders 22 on the connecting rods 18, Fig. 4. The longitudinal bars 11, which I term the bodyframe, arethereby pivotally connected with the longitudinal bars 15, which I term the wheel-frame, the pivotal connections of the body-f ame being in aline ment with the straight section 19 of the rods 18, and the pivotal connections of the wheelframe being in alinement with the axes of the wheel spindles 14.

By rocking the connecting rods 18 upon the axes of the wheel spindles 14, into the position shown in Fig. 1, the bars 11 or body-frame will be raised above the plane of the bars 15 or wheel-frame, bringing the body of the carriage into its highest posi tion, but when the connecting rods 18 are swung 0n the axes of the wheel spindles into the position shown in Fig. 2, the longitudinal bars 11, or body-frame, willv be swung below the plane of the bars 15, or wheel frame, bringing the body of the carriage into its lowest position between the supporting wheels 13. In order to allow the body to be shifted from one position to the other by a single movement, I pivot to the rear ends of the bars 15, which are preferably extended upward, as shown at 23, levers 24, 24, with their free ends connected by a cross bar 25 which forms a convenient handle for propelling the carriage. The pivots 26 of the levers 24 are in alinement so that both levers are simultaneously operated by means of the handle 25. The levers 24 project a short distance beyond their pivotal connections, as shown at 27, Figs. 2 and 5, and are provided with lugs 28 adapted to inclose each of the upturned ends 23 of the wheelframe, or bars 15, when the handle is raised,

as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. The levers 24 are pivotally connected by means of links 29 with the upturned ends of the cross bar 12, which connects the rear ends of the longitudinal bars 11 or body-frame. When the handle 25 is raised from the position shown in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. 1, the levers 25 rocking upon their pivots 26 will draw the body-frame or bars 11 from the posi tion shown in Fig. 2 to that shown in Fig. 1, while the depression of the handle 25 will push the body frame or bars 11 from their position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 2, by means of the connecting links 29. lVhen the handle 25 is in its raised position the rearward rocking movement of the levers 24 is limited by the contact of the lugs 28 with the upturned ends 23 of the bars 15 or wheel-frame, and the levers 2e are then locked against forward movement by means of the links 30 and 31, which are pivoted at their upper and lower ends to the levers 24 and the bars 15, respectively, and are also pivoted together at 32, said links forming braces between the bars 15 and the levers 24, when in the position shown in Fig. 1, in which the links are pressed down to bring the pivot 32 slightly below a line connecting the pivots 33 and 34, further downward movement of the links being prevented by a short stud 35 carried in, the link 31 and entering a notch in the .end of the link 30. In this locked position the levers 241 are held rigidly in their upright position, as shown in Fig. 1. By lifting the link 30 to bring the pivot 32 above a line connecting pivots 33 and 3d, the levers 2% may be moved forward and depressed into the position shown in Fig. 2.

Attached to the ends of the connecting rods 18 are arms 36, to the free ends of which are pivoted the bent ends of the coupling bars 37. As the bent rods 18 which connect the rear end of the body frame and the wheel frame are rocked by the angular movement of the lovers 24, the coupling bars 37 pivotally connected to the arms 36 which are rigidly attached to the ends of the rods 18 cause a simultaneous movement of both the front and rear rods 18 and an equal vertical movement of both the rear and front ends of the body-frame.

In Fig. 6 I have shown a modification, which consists in attaching the bent end 18 of the rod 19 to a short spindle 38 upon which the supporting wheel is journaled,

said spindle 38 being capable of turning in the end of the bar 15, which is held between the end of the rod 19 and a collar 39 on the spindle 38.

I claim,

1. In a childs carriage, a body-frame, a wheel-frame, means pivotally connecting said frames, levers pivoted to said wheelframe. links connecting said levers and said body-frame, and jointed links connecting said levers and said wheel-frame.

2. in a childs carriage, a body-frame, a wheel-fran'le, bent rods pivotally connecting said frames, levers pivoted to said wheelframe, links connecting said levers and said body-frame, and jointed links connecting said levers and said wheel-frame.

3. In a childs carriage, a body-frame, a wheel-frame, bent rods pivotally connecting said frames, levers pivoted to said wheelframe, links connecting said levers and said body-frame, jointed links connecting said levers and said. wheel-frame, and means for locking said jointed links in an extended position.

i. In a childs carriage, a body-frame, a wheel-frame comprising side bars turned upwardly at the rear of the carriage, levers pivoted to the upturned ends of said side bar, a cross bar connecting the free ends of said levers to form a handle for propelling the carriage, links connecting said levers with the body-frame, and bent rods pivotally connecting said body-frame and said wheel-frame.

ln a childs carriage, a body-frame, a wheel-frame, comprising side bars, levers pivoted to the rear ends of said side bars, a cross bar connecting the free ends of said levers to form a handle for propelling the carriage, links connecting said leversavith the body-frame, and means pivotally connecting said body-frame and said wheelframe.

6. In a childs carriage, a body-frame, a wheel-frame, bent rods pivotally connecting said frames, levers pivoted to said wheel frame, a handle connecting the free ends of said levers for propelling the carriage, links connecting said levers and said body-frame. jointed links connecting said levers and said wheel-frame, and means for locking said jointed links in an extended position.

Dated this first day of February, 1911.

GEORGE E. OHPLXRN.

Vl itnesses Trm'ronnn B. DUNN, EDWARD Gr. lVA'rKINs.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. 0. 

